Board of Directors

ANNE LUCAS spent 15 years in corporate management before earning her MA in Systems Counseling and entering private practice as a marriage and family therapist. Her work with couples in all stages of relationship as well as her organizational skills made Collaborative Law a perfect match. Over the years Anne's practice has grown to include mediation, parent coaching, therapy, teaching and training. She is the Director and owner of The Evergreen Clinic in Kirkland which consists of an independent group of therapists, psychologists and prescribers all practicing under one roof who provide mental health services to the Eastside. She has a therapy practice where she specializes in couple relationships – premarital, marital, divorce, remarriage and partnership. She works as a Divorce Coach in Collaborative Practice assisting couples in creating healthy divorce options and post-divorce relationships, a parent coach for post-divorce families and as a mediator helping resolve disputes with creative solutions. Anne is a co-founder of the Seattle Collaborative Law Training Group training attorneys, mental health and financial professionals in Collaborative Law locally and across the country. She has served on the Board of King County Collaborative Law as President, is the past president, current Board member of the Collaborative Professionals of Washington, a statewide organization and Board member for the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals. Anne is adjunct faculty at Saybrook University teaching Master's level students.

I am a family lawyer and mediator in Milano, Italy, specialized in helping families throughout conflict situations. I am among the first lawyers trained in collaborative practice in Italy and I am committed to supporting the growth of collaborative practice worldwide.
I am the Past President of AIADC (Associazione Italiana Professionisti Collaborativi) of which I am a member since its foundation in 2010 and I now serve on the board of directors of IACP – International Academy of Collaborative Professionals.

My family law experience spans over 20 years. My passion for finding out-of-court solutions for clients lead me to study towards a Master of Laws (Family Law Mediation) and I hold a Graduate Diploma in Family Dispute Resolution Practice.

Subsequently, I began to practice in Collaborative Practice, after realising the additional and unique benefits it offers to separating couples at what is often a traumatic time of their lives.

The skills I gained in my mediation training have equipped me to work within the "interest based negotiation" model of Collaborative Practice - in particular working with clients to understand what is truly important to them as they move forward with their lives.

I am committed to Collaborative Practice and have been a member of the committees of the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals for many years.

I regularly attended training sessions (both nationally and internationally) in an effort to further my knowledge and continue to develop my skills in assisting clients to work towards a positive outcome for their family.

Attorney Adam B. Cordover is a leader in the Tampa Bay and international collaborative law community. He served as President of Next Generation Divorce (growing it to become one of the nation's largest collaborative practice groups), Research Co-Chair of the Florida Academy of Collaborative Professionals, and he speaks at professional, civic, and religious organizations regarding the collaborative family law process. Adam is also one of 23 graduates of the IACP Leadership Academy, as well as a member of IACP's Research Committee.

Adam is a collaborative trainer and founding member of the Tampa Bay Collaborative Trainer (with whom he teaches 2-Day Introductory and Skill-Building Collaborative Courses) and Peacemaking Practice Trainers (with whom he teaches Practice-Building courses, i.e., how to make collaborative practice your day job).

Additionally, Adam is a co-author, along with internationally-renowned collaborative practitioner Forrest (Woody) Mosten, of an upcoming American Bar Association book on Building A Satisfying and Profitable Collaborative Law Practice.

Adam successfully spearheaded an effort of the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit to push forward an administrative order recognizing and recommending collaborative family law (just the fourth such administrative order in Florida). Additionally, Adam was a collaborative attorney in Florida's first pro bono collaborative divorce. Adam also used the collaborative process to help same sex parties reach a settlement and become the first dissolution of marriage case in Florida to challenge the state's Defense of Marriage Act and Florida Constitutional Amendment banning recognition of same-sex marriage via an action for divorce.

Adam handles all sorts of Florida family law matters, including divorce, military divorce, collaborative divorce, paternity, child support, modification, enforcement, support unconnected with divorce, prenuptial agreements, postnuptial agreements, domestic partnership agreements, relocation, change of name, and adoption (including non-relative adoption, close relative adoption, stepparent adoption, second parent adoption, and adult adoption).

Adam is licensed to practice law in Florida.

Adam now practices exclusively in out-of-court dispute resolution with a focus on collaborative divorce and family law.

I am an Advocate and Solicitor in Singapore. I am a trained mediator and collaborative professional. I believe that alternattive dispute resolution is the best way to assist my clients to solve all legal problems.